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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course introduces students to the major early and contemporary film theories and theorists, and to the application of these theories to the study of particular films and directors. Topics covered may include: the language of film; cinema and reality; film acting, costume, and sound; film genre; film and the other arts; class, race, and ethnicity; feminism; psychoanalytic theory; queer theory; ecocriticism; and spectatorship. Required for Cinema Studies Minor. Offered in fall and spring. Prerequisites: COM 286, junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of television from theoretical and critical perspectives. This course will provide the student with the tools to critically study television both as an art and as a cultural barometer. The student will learn various critical methodologies drawn from other arts-film, literature, drama, and other performing arts. The methodologies will include criticism from socioeconomic, historical, mythological, psychological, semiotic, quantitative, and sociological perspectives. Offered in fall and as necessary. Prerequisites: COM 285, junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Foreign press, broadcasting and film, control and support; reflection of political systems, economic and social development; their function in formulating public opinion and national policy. Offered biennially. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course focuses upon a concentrated area of cinema studies, utilizing classroom screenings, selected readings, seminar discussions, and the development of a critical writing project. Possible topics include: Genres (e.g., Horror, Art Cinema); Film Auteurs (e.g., Alfred Hitchcock); Film Movements (e.g., French New Wave); National Cinema (e.g., Italian, British, German); and Specific Themes. Fulfills Cinema Studies Minor requirement. May be taken up to three times under different topics. Offered as and when necessary. Prerequisite: Junior standing
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA In this continuation of Television News I, students will further develop their skills as reporters and videographers. Interviewing, investigative reporting, writing, and editing news video will be emphasized. Offered as and when necessary. Prerequisite: COM 392
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1.00 Credits
One Credit This course seeks to develop an understanding of employment practices through an integration of personnel management principles, research and marketing techniques, and business and interpersonal communication. In addition, students will develop practical skills to facilitate their search for professional employment including: writing effective resumes, preparing job search correspondence, improving interview skills, networking, and job prospecting. This course is primarily taught via the World Wide Web. No advanced technical skills are needed; however, Internet familiarity is helpful.
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1.00 Credits
One Credit This course seeks to develop and strengthen a student's ability to utilize self-assessment, critical thinking, and research techniques to define personal characteristics, identify and research career options, and develop an understanding of labor market trends and forecasting. The emphasis is on making an informed decision about choice of major and career. This course combines in-class sessions with World Wide Web-based lessons. Internet skills needed for the course are taught in the first few class sessions.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of the systems and systematic relationships in criminal law, police, courts, trials, prosecution and defense, and corrections.
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1.00 Credits
One Credit LA This seminar is a mixture of theoretical and “hands-on” instruction in theapproaches and techniques of finding, using, managing, and evaluating criminal justice information.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course is designed to analyze the various explanations given for why people commit crime. Current events are incorporated into the analysis, discussion, and critique of the various theories on the nature and causes of crime and criminal behavior. Prerequisite: CRJU 101
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